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@Application led June 24, 1901.) (N0 Model.)

Patented Apr. I, |902.

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I'IANNAH AUGUSTA KIMBALIA, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,570, dated April 1, 1902. Application filed June 24,1901. Serial No. 65,889. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANNAH AUGUSTA KIMBALL, of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Common Dressing-Pin, whereby such pin is made more serviceable in the adorning arts.

This new and useful improvement consists of a pin having a relatively hard or tempered head and point and a relatively soft or untempered shank which shall be pliable, while the end portions of the pin are rigid. The following` is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those who are skilled in the arts to manufacture and to use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings represents the different parts of the pin; Figs. 2 and 3, different degrees of fleXure it can be made to take. Fig. 4 shows the improved pin in use, its flexible shank being folded around the trimmings which it holds in place. Figs. 5 and 6 are back views of a trimmed object illustrative of the bending of the pin upon itself when it is in use. These figures are intended to demonstrate this pins secure holding of trimmings to objects trimmed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The nature of my improvement lies in the highly pliable shank, by means of which the common pin can easily be made to fold around trimmings, thereby avoiding'distortion of the contour of the object that is trimmed. Trimmings are securely held in their place by chev bending of this pin.

The ease with which the improved pin bends is one of the notable features of the improvement.

In the adorning arts this improvement in the common dressing-pin renders needless the needle and thread, and by simplifying processes saves time and conserves energy.

It can readily be seen that my improved piu is useful for all purposes where iexibility in a pin is desirable.

My pin, which can be made of iron or any other metal that will admit of its related parts being differently tempered, is an improvement upon the simple common dressingpin, which pin by means of this improvement is rendered a readily useful implement in all processes that belong to the art of adornment.

What I claim as my invention, and ask to be secured in by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described pin having a hardened or tempered head and point, and a relatively soft and pliable body or shank p01'- tion between the head and point.

HANNAH AUGUSTA KIMBALL.

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